The following chart provides an overview of the ScaleArc settings and their relationship in a Kerberized cluster.
Chart
Cluster status | Is ScaleArc joined as a machine in AD? |
During cluster creation (database access)... | Following cluster set up... | Kerberos (ScaleArc admin) | Keberos |
NTLM |
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Non-Kerberized cluster | No | Status The option Use Kerberos for Authentication is unchecked. |
ScaleArcAuthentication Offload ON (default) Action
|
No | No | Yes |
Fully-Kerberized cluster | Yes. This is a pre-requisite. |
Status The option Use Kerberos for Authentication is checked by default. |
ScaleArc Authentication Offload ON (default) Windows Authentication ON Kerberos Authentication Offload ON |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Partially-Kerberized cluster | Yes. This is a pre-requisite. | Status The option Use Kerberos for Authentication is unchecked. Action
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ScaleArc Authentication Offload OFF (default is ON) Kerberos Authentication Offload remains OFF as ScaleArc Authentication Offload is OFF in Users & DBs. |
Yes | No |
Yes |
Action
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Action To turn ON Kerberos Authentication Offload:
|
Yes | Yes | Yes |
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